marabunta

/ ˈmærəˌbʌntə /

noun

1. any of several social wasps
2. slang.
   an ill-tempered woman

Word History and Origins

Origin of marabunta¹

C19: perhaps of W African origin

Example Sentences

Since last week, monuments have been hiding behind blue barricades across the city and the Marabunta Brigade, a group trained to keep protestors safe, has been busy.

From Seattle Times

The catastrophe is the burgeoning mass of overpopulation moving like the marabunta, stripping the resources away from every area they hit, mowing down forests, polluting the land, eating everything in sight.

From New York Times

And now the flow of legal reiteration and alliteration ceased for a moment, and I listened to the buzzing of a marabunta wasp and the warbling of a blue tanager among the fronds.

From Project Gutenberg